The Cuckooed Alibi

A lady had told her husband that she would be home by midnight, “She promised!” Well, the hours passed and the margaritas went down way too easily. And at around 3 a.m., and a bit loaded, she headed home. Just as she got in the house, the cuckoo clock in the hallway started up and cuckooed 3 times. Quickly realizing that her husband would probably wake up, she cuckooed another 9 times. She was really proud of herself for coming up with such a quick-witted solution, in order to escape a possible conflict with her husband. Even when totally smashed, “3 cuckoos, plus 9 cuckoos = 12 cuckoos, MIDNIGHT!”

The next morning when her husband asked, “What time did you get in?” She replied, “MIDNIGHT!” And when he didn’t seem pissed in the least, she sighed, “Whew, I got away with that one!” Then he said, “We need a new cuckoo clock.” And when she asked him why, he said, “Well, last night our clock cuckooed 3 times then said, oh shit. Cuckooed 4 more times, cleared its throat, cuckooed another three times, giggled, cuckooed twice more, and then tripped over the coffee table and farted.”